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WEIGHT MOTOR;

Patinted Feb. 14-, 1888.

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. ISAAC HCOLLER, on POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

WEIGHT-MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,929, dated February li 1888.

Application filed September 20, 1886. Serial No. 214,087. (No model.)

To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC H. COLLER, of .Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented certain Irn provements in Churn-Powers, the construction and operation of which I have described in the following specification and illustrated in its accompanying drawings with sufficient clearness to enable competent and skillful workmen in the arts to which it pertains or is most nearly allied to make and use my invention.

My invention relates to an improvement in weight-motors for operating churns and other light machines; and it consists in the peculiar construction hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a weight-motor embodying my improvements, showing a churn connected thereto. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.

A represents the main frame, and B a ver tical frame which is supported on the upper side of the main frame. On this Vertical frame is swiveled a standard, 0, in which is journaled a pulley, O.

In the center of the main frame is journaled a shaft, E, to which is secured a drum, E At aslight distance beyond one end of the drum is a triangular block, E (see Fig. 4,) which is rigidly secured to the shaft. One end of the shaft projects beyond one side of the frame, and has a large rigid spur-wheel, S. A spur-Wheel, N, of less diameter, is loosely attached to the shaft, and has a hollow central enlargement or hub, N, which is provided with internal ratchet-teeth, N

Pivotally connected to the corners of the triangular block E are several spring-actuated pawls, N ,which engage the teeth N and lock the wheel N to the shaft E when turning in one direction, and permit the said wheel to remain idle when the shaft is turning in the opposite direction. 7,

U represents a shaft which has a spur-wheel, I, and a pinion, L. The latter meshes with the wheel N, and the spur-wheell meshes with a pinion, H, on a shaft, T, that has also a spur-wheel, J.

Vrepresents a shaft that has a pinion, K, which meshes with the wheel J, and a crank wheel or disk, G, having a radial slot, Y. A

' standard, M, projects vertically from the frame A at one end thereof,'and to the upper end of said standard is fulcrumed a walking-bean 1,0. K represents a pitman thathas one end connected to the inner end of the Walking-beam connected to the crank wheel or disk by a bolt or pin, Z, that works in the slot Y.

thereof, is fulcrumed a lever, X, by means of a pin or bolt, A One end of the said lever has a depending handle, Q, and from the other end thereof depends a pivoted hanger,A. To the lower end of this hanger is journaled a shaft, B. This shaft has a rigid pinion, W, and a crank-handle, F.

D represents a rope or cord which has one end attached to the drum, then passes over the pulley, and has at its depending end a series of detachable weights, E.

The operation of my invention is as follows: A churn or other suitable mechanism has its plunger or operating rod 1? connected to the outer end of the walking-beam, and the operator ,by grasping the handle Q,causes the lever X to lower the hanger, so that the pinion W engages the wheel S. He then turns the crank in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, and thereby causes the wheel S and the drum to rotate,so that the rope is coiled on the drum and the weights elevated. The wheel .N remains idle on the drum-shaft while the rope is being coiled, owing to the pawls slipping idly over the ratchet-teeth in the hub of said wheel. When the Weights are sufficiently elevated, the operator causes the lever to raise the hanger, so as to disengage the pinion W from the wheel S,when the weights descend, and by uncoiling the rope from the drum im part rotary motion to thelatter and the wheel N, and through the intermediate train of speedmultiplying gearing, hereinbefore described, to the crank-wheel. The latter, through the pitman,oscillates the walking beam and causes the latter to operate the plunger-rodfof the churn. The power of the motor and the speed thereof are regulated by adding or removing the depending endof the rope;

claim- 1. A weight-motor comprising the. drum one or more of the detachable weights from by a pivotal bolt, D, and has its lower end To one side of the frame, at the upper end Having thus described my invention, I

having the wheel N, the crank wheel or disk, the intermediate speed multiplying gearwheels connecting the said crank-wheel to the drum-shaft, the walking-beam, the pitman connecting the latter to the crank-wheel, the rope attached to the drum and having the weights, the lever having the vertically-movable hanger, the pinion journaled in said hanger and adapted to mesh with the wheel S, for the purpose set forth, and the crank connected to said pinion to rotate the latter, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the main frame A, the vertical frame B on the upper side thereof, the standard 0, swiveled on frame B and having the pulley O journaled therein, the shaft E, journaled in center of main frame, the drum E, secured to said shaft, the wheel N, loose on said shaft, pawl-and-ratchet mechanism conto said hanger, adapted to-mesh with wheel S, 30

and having the crank F, substantially as described.

ISAAO H. COLLER.

In presence of- J OHN D. P. OOLLER, RIOHD. GRAHAM, GASPER'L. ODELL. 

